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Personal Learning Environments

Personal Learning Environments

eLearning Blog // Don't Waste Your Time " Developing a PLE Using Web ... Continuing my search to find out more about new techniques for eLearning has brought the PLE, the Personal Learning Environment, to my attention (see previous posts on PLEs ). In short the PLE seems to be an update to the VLE, but with a greater emphasis placed on the student and the learning materials, and less on the Institution ‘structure’ and management needs. Read this: What is a PLE? Much searching brought me to this presentation by Sarah Guth where she uses Web 2.0 tools (wiki, blog, podcast, etc) to encourage the students to self-develop their own PLE. Developing a PLE (Personal Learning Environment) for Language Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools This work, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License . Learning Tools: what do you use? PLE … what is it? Reading: "Developing a better understanding of technology-based pedagogy" Learning Tools: for the Educator/Teacher

6 Possible Roles For Teachers In A Personalized Learning Environment by Justin Marquis, Ph. D There is a mountain of speculation and debate about what school and learning will look like in the near future. Will education be online? The Future of Learning An October, 2012 video released by telecom company Ericsson presents a survey of educational experts and entrepreneurs speculating about the future of education. The focus of the video is the ability of these technologies to track minute user data and facilitate intimately individualized instruction based on that data, including student learning preference, peak performance times, prior knowledge, and a host of other information. “Coursera’s Koller says one of the revolutions in education is that teaching will be less about conveying information and more of a return to its original roots where instructors engage in dialogue, develop critical thinking skills and spark passion about a discipline.” (23 Oct., 2012) The Role of the Educator on an Individualized World? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Bridge to Learning - Educational Research Ilona Buchem and myself have submitted a proposal, Diversity and Divide in TEL: The Case for Personal Learning Environments, for the workshop on TEL, The Crisis and the Response, to be held at next years Alpine Rendez-Vous. The digital divide cannot be discussed only as a gap between technology haves and have-nots. Below the inequalities in access and usage, there is also a problem of a divide between contexts, domains and communities that different learners operate in. Can promoting diversity through TEL be a response to crisis? In this position paper, we discuss whether current TEL promotes diversity or divide and the current barriers in promoting diversity in TEL. Personal Learning Environments, as an approach to TEL, focus on the learner-controlled and learner-led uses of technologies for learning with no centralised control over tools, information or interactions. The postulate of boundary-crossing through the PLE approach has a human and technological dimension.

100 Apps for Tech–Savvy Teachers Are you a teacher now or studying to become one in the future? Have you been looking for a handy list of digital apps that will help you organize your life inside and outside the classroom? Well, you have come to the right place. With the world around us becoming more technologically advanced every day, developers are creating apps designed specifically to make your life as an educator easier. Check out our 100 helpful apps below! If you’re pressed for time or you simply don’t want to scroll through them all, click on the category you are looking to skip ahead to: Classroom Learning Communication Tools Personal Organization Reference Teaching Tools Classroom Learning 1. 4 Dice: Fraction Games “The goal of the game is to hit the target by working backwards Jeopardy style by giving the answer first. - Justin Holladay, math teacher and game developer. Download: iOS 2. 5 Dice: Order of Operations - Justin Holladay Download: iOS 3. Download: iOS 4. “Allows kids to practice math facts in an engaging way. 5.

Taitoperustaisen opetuksen suunnittelu Iso osa opettajille suunnatuista koulutuksistani käsittelee sosiaalisen median pedagogista käyttöä. Koulutukset eivät keskity pelkästään välineiden opetteluun, vaan tavoitteena on suunnitella opetusta pedagogisesti korkeatasoisesti ja tulevaisuutta silmällä pitäen. Suomalaiset opettajat ovat toteuttaneet tässä kuvatun mallin pohjalta jo kymmeniä suunnitelmia. Sosiaalisella medialla on iso rooli näissä suunnitelmissa, mutta lähtökohtana ovat tulevaisuuden osaaminen ja pedagoginen suunnittelu. Ideat perustuvat siihen, että Oppiminen on mielekkäintä, tehokkainta ja kauaskantoisinta sisäisesti motivoituneena, aktiivisena ja yhteisöllisesti toteutettuna. Oppimisen ja oppimisympäristön ominaispiirteet Uudenlainen oppiminen asettaa uusia vaatimuksia oppimistoiminnalle ja oppimisympäristölle. Lähtökohtina tulevaisuuden taidot ja pedagogiset menetelmät Tässä oma-aloitteista ja yhteisöllistä toimintaa tukevat välineet nousevat keskeiseen rooliin. Sovelluksista Älä huku sovellussuohon.

Tablet Enhanced Learning Environments This page was originally authored by Dale Addis (2009). It was modified by John Cunnian (Spring 2011). Introduction A tablet enhanced learning environment is an environment where single or multiple tablets are implemented to enhance student learning. Though a universally agreed-upon definition is currently lacking, there is some agreement that a tablet is a computer is a personal computer whose primary input device is a screen or a convertible notebook computer whose screen can be used as an input device.[1] A variety of portable computers fall under this definition, including tablet PC, iPads and Blackberry Playbooks. [2] When incorporated into a learning environment, tablets can afford teachers instructional options to enhance learning which would otherwise be unavailable. Tablets Description and Types This is a picture of an iPad 2, which is a touchscreen tablet computer. This is a tablet PC with its screen pivoted and the stylus being used as the primary input device. Affordances

mixes – Your new PLE platform Check out our new tool SYMBALOO EDU Looking for a simple way for your students to share what they have found on the internet? Teachers at P.K.Yonge have introduced the students in their science classes to Symbaloo as a way to do PLE’s. A PLE is a student’s personal learning environment. A PLE diagram called “The Networked Student Processes and Tools: Taking Control and Responsibility for Learning” drawn by Wendy Drexler, better explains the benefits of a personal learning environment and how that allows the student to take responsibility of how they learn. Wendy introduced Symbaloo as the platform for a PLE to Randy Hollinger. Teachers in the US aren’t the only ones using Symbaloo to get organized and reach students. DigiBord Lyne Fichet Mes Bureaux According to Rasmussen College, Symbaloo is a top application for tech savvy teachers.

How Digital Platforms Are Disrupting How Learning Happens Media is becoming increasingly digitized, and we learn through, among other processes, consumption of media. It makes sense then that digital platforms just might be changing the way learning happens. A “platform” can be defined as an app, a website, an eLearning environment, or a collaboratively curated content source. 6 Examples Of Digital Platforms 1. 2. 3. 4. eLearning Environments: Khan Academy, Coursera, MOOCs in general 5. 6. The Disruption Part By delivering diverse access, formats for play, intentional equity, and a subsequent power shift, digital platforms more than anything else disrupt formal learning processes—both the institutions such as like universities, and the organizations which funnel students their way. But they also disrupt it in a social sense but altering the tone of knowledge, moving it from something strictly academic into a more useful, less pretentious, and more humble place. 1. By design, these platforms provide access. 2. 3. 4.

What do you understand as a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) in your everyday practice? Personalized learning environment improve online learning effectiveness in terms of examination, satisfaction, and self-efficacy criteria. The work carried out by Xu et al. (2014) can shed the light on this. Xu, D., W. Huang, W., Wang, H., Heales, J. 2014. Thanks for your comments! I might be an outlier, but I run an instance of Moodle wherein I set up self-study courses corresponding to my personal learning initiatives. As educators begin to develop resources for e-learning, I foresee the growth of e-learning resource exchanges, using either SCORM or Tin Can protocols. In online learning environments, personal learning environments or PLE's are common for all learners. These learning environments are useful in the adaptation to for online learning programs. This is interesting. What do you understand as a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) in your everyday practice? Moreover, the term of an institutional PLE (iPLE) came up. What do you say: Was PLE just a hype?

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